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Meituan · delivery drone

M-Drone 4L Winch

A long-range version of Meituan's fourth-generation delivery drone that lowers parcels on a rope instead of landing at a port, aimed at places where landing sites are hard to build or orders are sparse. Payload and range were not published.

Price
—service only, not sold
Autonomy
DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless
In serviceSince 2026-05
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Range
—Not published
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Why it matters

M-Drone 4L Winch is on the market today.

Real-world use

Meituan said on 21 May 2026 that its drone network, including the 4L Winch, had left testing for commercial operation; its drones had 70 routes and over 780,000 orders by end-2025 (Yicai, May 2026).

Timeline

First shown
2026-05-21
Released
2026-05
World UAV Conference

Maker

MeituanCompany · Beijing, China

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless in service
Where it runs
China (Meituan routes in Shenzhen, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou); Hong Kong; Dubai
Driverless since
2026-05
Rides, miles or loads
over 780,000 cumulative Meituan drone orders across all models by end-2025 (Yicai, May 2026)

Public attention

How much public attention M-Drone 4L Winch gets, from open data.

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Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Meituan vehicle in order.

  1. Meituan autonomous delivery vehicleMeituan autonomous delivery vehicle2020Retired
  2. Meituan new-generation delivery vehicleMeituan new-generation delivery vehicle2021Commercial
  3. Meituan fourth-generation delivery droneMeituan fourth-generation delivery drone2025Commercial
  4. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useM-Drone 4L Winch2026Commercial

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not publishedservice only, not sold
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Yicai Global Meituan's Drone Delivery Infrastructure Goes Into Commercial Service Lanjing News Meituan drone business interview (M-Drone 4L Winch)

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